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Kenya vs New Caledonia: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil

Kenya
29.32 hectares per tonne
in 2023
New Caledonia
47.47 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Kenya rank
13th
New Caledonia rank
11th

Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time

  • Kenya
  • New Caledonia
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How they compare

New Caledonia currently reports 47.47 hectares per tonne against 29.32 hectares per tonne in Kenya, a difference of 18.15 hectares per tonne.

That makes New Caledonia's figure about 1.6 times Kenya's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Caledonia ahead.

Kenya ranks 13th and New Caledonia ranks 11th of 59 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Unit
hectares per tonne
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
59 places, 2,960 data points, 1961–2023
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